Scottish government has launched a consultation on the updated draft marine plan to inform offshore wind developments in Scotland.The public consultation, running until August 22, 2025, is for a draft of the updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (SMP-OWE)…
RWE and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) have closed the transaction, where NBIM acquired 49% equity stake in RWE’s 1.6 GW Nordseecluster and 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind projects.As part of the transaction, first announced in March and valued at approximately $1…
SBM Offshore announces that FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão is formally on hire as of May 24, 2025 after achieving first oil and the completion of a 72-hour continuous production test leading to final acceptance.As part of the Mero-4 project, the FPSO will be connected to 12 wells…
Navantia Seanergies, Spanish shipbuilder Navantia’s green energies division, has delivered its second substation jacket for Ocean Winds for the offshore wind farm at Dieppe Le Tréport in France.The jacket departed from the south basin of the Puerto Real shipyard…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wildcat exploration wells in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 15/5-8 S and 15/5-8 A, in production license 1140.The license is operated by Equinor with 60% working interest…
Polish shipbuilder CRIST S.A. has held a keel-laying ceremony for an offshore support vessel (OSV), being built for Norwegian vessel owner DOF.The vessel, provisionally named SeaDragon (NB 110), will 109.7 meters long and 22 meters wide, with the capacity to accommodate 164 people…
Borr Drilling reported a total operating revenue of $216.6 million for the first quarter, a decrease of $46.5 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.The net loss of $16.9 million was a decrease of $43.2 million compared to the net income in the fourth quarter of 2024…
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, an Atlantic Margin-focused oil and gas exploration company, has moved forward in the process of formalizing the operatorship of the recently acquired block offshore South Africa.As announced in 2024, Eco has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Azinam South Africa…
Brazil's Petrobras on Monday posted a net profit of 35.2 billion reais ($6.21 billion) for the first quarter, up 48.6% from a year earlier, boosted by non-recurring events, while also announcing about $2.1billion in dividends.Without one-off events…
North Star has officially named its first commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), the Grampian Kestrel.The vessel was named at a ceremony at VARD’s shipyard in Vard Langsten in Norway on May 6.The Grampian Kestrel is the first of two CSOVs to be delivered this year…
The seventh generation Atlantic Zonda drillship, managed by Ventura Offshore Midco, has started operations for Petrobras under a three-year drilling contract.The Atlantic Zonda is managed by Ventura Offshore through marketing and operating agreements with the rig owner…
Offshore services provider DOF has announced an investment in a modular cable repair spread designed to expedite offshore wind operators’ response to cable faults.Engineered for compatibility across DOF’s fleet of 65 vessels, the system offers an industry-first combination of fleet-wide flexibility…
Shell on Friday reported a 28% drop in first-quarter net profit to $5.58 billion, beating analyst expectations, and kept the pace of its share buyback programme steady amid falling oil prices and lower refining margins than last year.It said it would buy back $3…
Jan De Nul has kicked off the installation campaign of the monopile foundations for RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm, completing the installation of the first of 72 monopiles with its heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés.When finished, Denmark’s largest…
Equinor stands to lose billions of dollars on its massive wind power project offshore the state of New York unless U.S. President Donald Trump's administration reverses a decision to halt the construction, the Norwegian group said on Wednesday…